| Description |
xvi, 152 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Theorizing Health and Culture in the African Context. 1. Culture, Health Promotion, and Development. 2. Communicating Health Within Culture. 3. Developing Culturally Appropriate Health Programs -- Pt. II. Representation and Difference in Health Promotion. 4. Health, Healing, and Medicine as Cultural Constructs. 5. African Women's Health and the Confluence of Patriarchal and Western Hegemonies. 6. The Cultural Production of Healthy Children and Youth. 7. Contextualizing the Health Praxis of African Americans. 8. Approaches to Health Promotion Beyond the Turn of the Century |
| Analysis |
Africa |
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Health Sociology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-142) and index |
| Subject |
Ethnocentrism.
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Health promotion -- Social aspects -- Africa.
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Preventive health services -- Social aspects -- Africa.
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Social medicine -- Africa.
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| LC no. |
95002551 |
| ISBN |
0803971567 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
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0803971575 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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